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3 Days Later

JJ sat in Hotch's office waiting for him to come back from a meeting. She thought about the past three days. He helped her with getting ready to file for divorce with Will. He was a great lawyer and even a better friend. If someone were to tell JJ when she first started her job that she would become best friends with her boss, she would have laughed so hard she would probably had a heart attack. But here she was hiding in his office about to cry. The team thought she was with Hotch in the meeting. She looked up as the door opened and Hotch walked in. He shut the door and turned on the lights. He turned around and jumped when he saw her sitting there "JJ what the hell are you.." He looked at her "Jen what is wrong" He walked over to her and sat down next to her. He pulled his best friend into a hug.

She shook her head and just took in his scent. "Just sit her for a second" she mumbled.

"Okay" He held her close and rubbed her back. After a few minutes he asked again "Jay, can you tell me what's wrong?" without pulling away.

She sighed and took in another deep breath of him before sitting up. "What are they going to think of me? They don't even know Will and I were having problems and now we are getting a divorce. What if they find out he hit me? The FBI agent can't defend herself against her husband? What's that say about me, that I am a horrible agent? They can't find out about that Hotch." She began to cry again. Hotch pulled her back into a hug.

"JJ" He sighed "You are the strongest person I know on this team and it is because you are such a private person. I am surprised you let me in at all. I think if I didn't show up that night you would have called in sick again today." He paused for a second. "Jen, did Will hit you more than once? Has he done this in the past"

JJ sniffed and wiped her eyes. She gave Hotch a questionable look and sighed "I guess I should face them now" She said looking out the window seeing that Morgan was watching them.

She was avoiding the question but Hotch didn't know why. He gave her one more hug and looked down at her. "I'll be in here if you need me. Anytime okay?"

"Thanks Aaron" She smiled at him and walked out of his office. "Hey Morgan" She smiled at him.

"What's going on? You're not leaving again are you?" he asked her.

"No" She gave him a soft smile. "Lets go to my office and talk" JJ led Morgan to her office. She sat down and waited for him. "I don't want your pity. I don't want you to look at me differently and I don't want you to tell anyone else until I have a chance to talk to them" She sighed. "Will and I are getting a divorce. That is why I was in the office with Hotch. He is helping me through it and with the divorce itself. I know its not his specialty but he is good enough for this." She looked up at Morgan.

He looked at her "JJ, I didn't know you and Will were having problems. How long have you?" He asked.

She looked down "Since Hotch and Emily saved me" she bit her lip "Um..he just wanted me to um go back to myself. But I couldn't just snap out of it." She looked at Morgan as her phone rang. "Sorry." she said before answering. A few minutes later she hung up. "Let's talk later, we have a new case and I need to tell Hotch." She got up and walked out before Morgan could argue.

MORGAN'S POV

"Dammit" he mumbled as JJ walked out. He looked at her office. There were no pictures of her and Will anywhere. Not even with Henry. He sighed and went to wait for everyone.

WITH HOTCH AND JJ

JJ knocked on the door. She heard a quiet "Come in" She walked into the office. We have a case" She handed it to him and sat on the edge of his desk. Hotch looked over it as JJ sighed "Hotch I didn't even tell him everything and he is already looking at me different" She bit her lip, trying to control her emotions. Hotch looked up at her "I'm sure he was in shock." He stood up and gave her a quick hug "You okay? We need to debrief the team and then head to the jet." JJ nodded against his chest then pulled away. "Thank you so much. I never thought in a million years that you and I would become best friends."

Hotch smiled at her "Me either. I tried to keep my work life separate from personal but it gets hard when you work with the same people everyday and go through what we do." He picked up the file "Should we go?"

"Yes, but Hotch?" She looked up at him "Thanks for coming and checking on me that night. I don't know what would happen if I didn't have you that night" she gave his arm a slight squeeze before they walked towards the rest of the team.